en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/2415161 Comments by zenpsu119 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/19/why-does-society-dislike-immigrants-and-why-are-they-portrayed-badly-119-blog/#IDComment144666027 part 3/3 After looking at both sides of the story then you have to weigh the issue on an imaginary scale to decide the outcome. So in conclusion I believe that immigration is evenly weighed on the imaginary scale so it is in the middle of a good and a bad thing. Society obviously believes that the scale is tipped toward the negative aspect of the situation which is the answer to the question why does society dislike immigrants and why are they portrayed badly. Thu, 21 Apr 2011 00:36:59 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/19/why-does-society-dislike-immigrants-and-why-are-they-portrayed-badly-119-blog/#IDComment144666027 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/19/why-does-society-dislike-immigrants-and-why-are-they-portrayed-badly-119-blog/#IDComment144665901 part 2/3 I bet most immigrants are illegal but I don’t know that statistic for sure and hope it wasn’t covered in class because then I must have missed when it was said. So I am not into politics but I guess I am all for border control. This information is just what I have heard plus adding my opinion so some of it could be false. Rather than focusing on the negative aspects of both types of immigration I mentioned, you also have to look at the bright side of this matter. Having all these different backgrounds in one country gives a great diversity of culture. It gives the natives a better chance to learn different languages which can be helpful for travel and other things. Our economy is boosted with all the jobs being filled and even some are created probably. So the moral or theme is you will is to look at the pros and not just the cons of things in life. If you just look at the cons of things then you are being a pessimist. Thu, 21 Apr 2011 00:36:22 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/19/why-does-society-dislike-immigrants-and-why-are-they-portrayed-badly-119-blog/#IDComment144665901 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/19/why-does-society-dislike-immigrants-and-why-are-they-portrayed-badly-119-blog/#IDComment144665545 Society does not like immigrants because they are not they are not native to wherever they immigrate to. The correct term is that they are not indigenous. Then before you know it, your country is overpopulated. A land can only hold a certain number of people. It cannot fit everyone due to capacity like on elevators. Another thing is that immigrants might not know how to speak English which creates problems. Instead of printing only English we now need multiple different languages on direction, manuals, instructions and such. Those recorded phone calls have to be spoken for everyone to understand. Language is just a minor issue though compared to the job hunt. Immigrants could be filling up all the jobs so the people who have been living here all along don’t get the jobs because none are left. Even the ones who are better qualified will not get the positions they deserve if you know what I’m saying. Don’t even get me started on the illegal immigrants. Illegal immigrants are an even bigger problem and they are the part of the reason why society is not to fond of immigration in general. Thu, 21 Apr 2011 00:34:33 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/19/why-does-society-dislike-immigrants-and-why-are-they-portrayed-badly-119-blog/#IDComment144665545 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/12/do-you-think-you-would-actively-try-to-not-benefit-from-nepotism-if-the-situation-presented-itself-119-blog/#IDComment143271578 College is a great chance for minorities because of affirmative answer which is another topic we covered in this same class. I do not know how the two connect though. Actually one reason when I would turn down nepotism benefit is when I am already rich and do not need the benefit as much as the less fortunate do. One thing to keep in mind is that life is not fair. Things do not just fall into your lap and you cannot just rely on nepotism to get by in life. Hard work is definitely needed as a backup in life which is why everybody needs to make sure they do well in school. That’s what I mean when I said about the gateway. Getting into a good school and then trying hard will make you successful and set for life. Sat, 16 Apr 2011 01:32:26 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/12/do-you-think-you-would-actively-try-to-not-benefit-from-nepotism-if-the-situation-presented-itself-119-blog/#IDComment143271578 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/12/do-you-think-you-would-actively-try-to-not-benefit-from-nepotism-if-the-situation-presented-itself-119-blog/#IDComment143271497 . I fear I won’t have this kind of luck with a real job after I graduate. So the verdict is social good and anti social bad. I would never turn down a situation if it presented itself because every advantage counts in life and you just take those kinds of things without asking any questions. However once the situation is presented to me then I could always share my benefits with others and those in need. That is a good way to make sure everybody wins. Sharing is caring which is a phrase that I am sure everyone has heard of. So greedy people should learn not to be selfish. Nepotism does not just work on jobs. You could also benefit by getting into college and then college turns into a gateway for even more nepotism. Small opportunities can turn into even bigger ones at any moment and that is precisely why you cannot turn down any situation that presents itself even if you feel guilty. Sat, 16 Apr 2011 01:31:58 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/12/do-you-think-you-would-actively-try-to-not-benefit-from-nepotism-if-the-situation-presented-itself-119-blog/#IDComment143271497 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/12/do-you-think-you-would-actively-try-to-not-benefit-from-nepotism-if-the-situation-presented-itself-119-blog/#IDComment143271383 Nepotism is all about the people you know but it can be unfair for many people. Nepotism is a big deal when dealing with jobs and careers for instance. On the plus side you might know someone on the inside who could hire you no problem. On the negative side someone who is more qualified for the job could lose their chance of being hired. That analogy was mentioned in class. It’s a bias that can benefit people or no. that is why it is a good thing to be a social butterfly, unlike me, to know lots of people. Probably everyone benefits at least once from nepotism. For me I was have a neighbor with a job I was interested in. She did not really have much power as an employee, but she was able to put in a good word for me when I submitted my application and thus I got the job I wanted which was at a movie theatre where I got to watch free movies. Sat, 16 Apr 2011 01:31:19 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/12/do-you-think-you-would-actively-try-to-not-benefit-from-nepotism-if-the-situation-presented-itself-119-blog/#IDComment143271383 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/05/do-you-think-sam-was-right-in-saying-this-will-be-the-best-lecture-of-the-year-119-blog/#IDComment141113314 The whole thing was fine with me because I’m not even Christian. But to put myself in to the shoes of their religion it probably not a nice lecture to sit through for them. Then again Sam sent an email before the lecture saying he is not attacking them. So it is safe to say that their was a truce between the students and the teacher. Sam probably just said that the Christian invaders lecture was so good because he had such an awesome time teaching it to us. Fri, 8 Apr 2011 23:18:41 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/05/do-you-think-sam-was-right-in-saying-this-will-be-the-best-lecture-of-the-year-119-blog/#IDComment141113314 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/05/do-you-think-sam-was-right-in-saying-this-will-be-the-best-lecture-of-the-year-119-blog/#IDComment141113226 . The whole thing was fine with me because I’m not even Christian. But to put myself in to the shoes of their religion it probably not a nice lecture to sit through for them. Then again Sam sent an email before the lecture saying he is not attacking them. So it is safe to say that their was a truce between the students and the teacher. Sam probably just said that the Christian invaders lecture was so good because he had such an awesome time teaching it to us. You could tell the whole time that he was super excited and passionate about what he was saying. That kind of enthusiasm is what made everyone stay awake with anticipation of what he will say next. I don’t think anybody walked out of class early like they usually do Fri, 8 Apr 2011 23:18:12 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/05/do-you-think-sam-was-right-in-saying-this-will-be-the-best-lecture-of-the-year-119-blog/#IDComment141113226 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/05/do-you-think-sam-was-right-in-saying-this-will-be-the-best-lecture-of-the-year-119-blog/#IDComment141113040 I don’t play favorites and therefore no lecture given by Sam is the best. All lectures are equally good to me. This lecture he gave was pretty interesting because Sam blamed Christians in the army for their experience in the war. The whole thing was fine with me because I’m not even Christian. Fri, 8 Apr 2011 23:17:14 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/05/do-you-think-sam-was-right-in-saying-this-will-be-the-best-lecture-of-the-year-119-blog/#IDComment141113040 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/05/do-you-think-sam-was-right-in-saying-this-will-be-the-best-lecture-of-the-year-119-blog/#IDComment141112863 for some reason i couldnt get my whole response posted. It kept giving me an error message Fri, 8 Apr 2011 23:16:15 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/05/do-you-think-sam-was-right-in-saying-this-will-be-the-best-lecture-of-the-year-119-blog/#IDComment141112863 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/05/do-you-think-sam-was-right-in-saying-this-will-be-the-best-lecture-of-the-year-119-blog/#IDComment141110935 I dont play favorites and therefore no lecture given by Sam is the best. All lectures are equally good to me. This lecture he gave was pretty interesting because Sam blamed Christians in the army for their experience in the war. The whole thing was fine with me because I'm not even Christian. But to put myself into the shoes of their religion, it probably wasn't a nice lecture for them to sit through. Then again Sam sent an email before the lecture saying he isn't attacking them. So it is safe to say that their was a truce between the students and the teacher. Fri, 8 Apr 2011 23:05:47 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/05/do-you-think-sam-was-right-in-saying-this-will-be-the-best-lecture-of-the-year-119-blog/#IDComment141110935 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/05/do-you-think-sam-was-right-in-saying-this-will-be-the-best-lecture-of-the-year-119-blog/#IDComment141109913 The whole thing was fine with me because I’m not even Christian. But to put myself in to the shoes of their religion it probably not a nice lecture to sit through for them. Then again Sam sent an email before the lecture saying he is not attacking them. So it is safe to say that their was a truce between the students and the teacher. Sam probably just said that the Christian invaders lecture was so good because he had such an awesome time teaching it to us. You could tell the whole time that he was super excited and passionate about what he was saying. That kind of enthusiasm is what made everyone stay awake with anticipation of what he will say next. I don’t think anybody walked out of class early like they usually do. Fri, 8 Apr 2011 22:59:43 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/05/do-you-think-sam-was-right-in-saying-this-will-be-the-best-lecture-of-the-year-119-blog/#IDComment141109913 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/05/do-you-think-sam-was-right-in-saying-this-will-be-the-best-lecture-of-the-year-119-blog/#IDComment141109773 I don’t play favorites and therefore no lecture given by Sam is the best. All lectures are equally good to me. This lecture he gave was pretty interesting because Sam blamed Christians in the army for their experience in the war. The whole thing was fine with me because I’m not even Christian. But to put myself in to the shoes of their religion it probably not a nice lecture to sit through for them. Then again Sam sent an email before the lecture saying he is not attacking them. So it is safe to say that their was a truce between the students and the teacher. Sam probably just said that the Christian invaders lecture was so good because he had such an awesome time teaching it to us. You could tell the whole time that he was super excited and passionate about what he was saying. That kind of enthusiasm is what made everyone stay awake with anticipation of what he will say next. I don’t think anybody walked out of class early like they usually do Fri, 8 Apr 2011 22:58:57 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/05/do-you-think-sam-was-right-in-saying-this-will-be-the-best-lecture-of-the-year-119-blog/#IDComment141109773 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/05/do-you-think-sam-was-right-in-saying-this-will-be-the-best-lecture-of-the-year-119-blog/#IDComment141109653 Those Haiti projects will be interesting to see how they turn out. We are just starting the beginning stages of it with our group project videos. Hopefully this project does not end up falling through and running into the ground because that would suck. The main point to get from this awesome lecture was that the oil in Iraq is not ours. Its like we are stealing from them. If their was a boat load of oil underneath my house, I would not want anyone for sure taking it from me because it is my property and we are responsible for what is ours. Another cool fact I never knew is that Alaska only has enough oil to last just under two months which isn’t good. Fri, 8 Apr 2011 22:58:18 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/05/do-you-think-sam-was-right-in-saying-this-will-be-the-best-lecture-of-the-year-119-blog/#IDComment141109653 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/05/do-you-think-sam-was-right-in-saying-this-will-be-the-best-lecture-of-the-year-119-blog/#IDComment141109575 The room also seemed to be a full house because they all knew the speech was supposed to be cool. One of the videos that was shown in class was when a red pickup was driving too slow in front of an army vehicle, so then the army vehicle ran the pickup off the road. That was so mean and I am definitely not the only one who thought so. The soldiers are not there to bully the civilians. Not all of them are bad. Just because of the war, soldiers are taking out all the anger on everyone instead of doing the job they went to the Middle East for. Whatever future lectures remain in this semester are a mystery. So few of them are left. Some people will even fail this class on purpose just to retake it they like it so much. Except I am not one of those people sorry to say. Fri, 8 Apr 2011 22:57:50 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/05/do-you-think-sam-was-right-in-saying-this-will-be-the-best-lecture-of-the-year-119-blog/#IDComment141109575 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/05/do-you-think-sam-was-right-in-saying-this-will-be-the-best-lecture-of-the-year-119-blog/#IDComment141108856 I don’t play favorites and therefore no lecture given by Sam is the best. All lectures are equally good to me. This lecture he gave was pretty interesting because Sam blamed Christians in the army for their experience in the war. The whole thing was fine with me because I’m not even Christian. But to put myself in to the shoes of their religion it probably not a nice lecture to sit through for them. Then again Sam sent an email before the lecture saying he is not attacking them. So it is safe to say that their was a truce between the students and the teacher. Sam probably just said that the Christian invaders lecture was so good because he had such an awesome time teaching it to us. You could tell the whole time that he was super excited and passionate about what he was saying. That kind of enthusiasm is what made everyone stay awake with anticipation of what he will say next. I don’t think anybody walked out of class early like they usually do. Fri, 8 Apr 2011 22:53:42 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/05/do-you-think-sam-was-right-in-saying-this-will-be-the-best-lecture-of-the-year-119-blog/#IDComment141108856 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/05/do-you-think-sam-was-right-in-saying-this-will-be-the-best-lecture-of-the-year-119-blog/#IDComment141108731 I don’t play favorites and therefore no lecture given by Sam is the best. All lectures are equally good to me. This lecture he gave was pretty interesting because Sam blamed Christians in the army for their experience in the war. The whole thing was fine with me because I’m not even Christian. But to put myself in to the shoes of their religion it probably not a nice lecture to sit through for them. Then again Sam sent an email before the lecture saying he is not attacking them. So it is safe to say that their was a truce between the students and the teacher. Sam probably just said that the Christian invaders lecture was so good because he had such an awesome time teaching it to us. You could tell the whole time that he was super excited and passionate about what he was saying. That kind of enthusiasm is what made everyone stay awake with anticipation of what he will say next. I don’t think anybody walked out of class early like they usually do. Fri, 8 Apr 2011 22:53:05 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/05/do-you-think-sam-was-right-in-saying-this-will-be-the-best-lecture-of-the-year-119-blog/#IDComment141108731 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/29/do-you-ever-feel-uncomfortable-around-two-or-more-people-speaking-another-language-119-blog/#IDComment139261363 Now I feel bad saying that because I sound like the clerk refusing service to certain people in that video we watched in class. To make them feel better, I would feel uncomfortable being around any people we are at war with. Its not just them. That type of situation is easy to avoid so I don’t have to really worry about it. I like to be prepared when I travel and learn a bit of words for the place I’m going to. It kind of sucks that whites are slowly becoming the minority because soon their will be a lot more people in the United States that nobody will understand. Luckily people like me who are comfortable around a language they don’t understand won’t have a problem. It is kind of cool though hearing people around you speak another language and listen to them. I always try and guess where they are from like it is a game to me. So my official answer to the original blog question is not usually. Sat, 2 Apr 2011 02:00:19 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/29/do-you-ever-feel-uncomfortable-around-two-or-more-people-speaking-another-language-119-blog/#IDComment139261363 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/29/do-you-ever-feel-uncomfortable-around-two-or-more-people-speaking-another-language-119-blog/#IDComment139261252 The main reason for me being uncomfortable would be if those people I can’t understand were talking to me. In that case it is only awkward for a few moments because I just tell them to speak English and walk away. No matter what language, everyone in the world can understand hand and body gestures. That is a good way to communicate while lowering the chance of being uncomfortable. As long as you get your point across then it’s fine. If I were the only person in a group that all spoke the same foreign language except me, then I’d feel left out. Also since we are at war with the middle east, I would be uncomfortable hearing Arabs talk in their language in fear of a terrorist attack. Their language is pretty suspicious. I know not all of them are terrorists but I still don’t trust it and don’t mean to offend them. Sat, 2 Apr 2011 01:59:51 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/29/do-you-ever-feel-uncomfortable-around-two-or-more-people-speaking-another-language-119-blog/#IDComment139261252 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/29/do-you-ever-feel-uncomfortable-around-two-or-more-people-speaking-another-language-119-blog/#IDComment139261098 Do you ever feel uncomfortable around two or more people speaking a different language that you can’t understand? And if so why? Normally it would not be uncomfortable. Sometimes it bothers me because I like to hear what people are talking about which is why I wish I could learn every language. That would be cool to be a universal translator. Then you can get a job no problem. Conversations can be interesting to listen to. If something is being said about you that is within hearing distance then usually people want to know what it is. If the people around you are having a boring conversation that doesn’t have to do with you then you might be glad you can’t understand what they are saying because you don’t want to listen. Sat, 2 Apr 2011 01:59:13 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/29/do-you-ever-feel-uncomfortable-around-two-or-more-people-speaking-another-language-119-blog/#IDComment139261098